Category Archives: Technique

Filter Paper Flowers

Posted on July 20, 2013 by admin

I got the opportunity to see some terrific demonstrator presentations during the Brisbane Convention and one which I marked in my notebook to try when I got home was by Jessica Williams, she made these beautiful roses from crepe filter … Continue reading →

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Cool Stampin’ Write Marker Techniques

Posted on July 10, 2013 by admin

Ever wondered what to do with the Stampin’ Write Markers apart from colouring in an image with them or journalling with a co-orindating colour on your scrapbook pages or in your This & That journal? Here’s a short video to … Continue reading →

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Watercolour wash technique

Posted on June 20, 2013 by admin

If you are ever looking for a super fast yet fabulous card technique – look no further than a watercolour wash. It is so simple it’s almost embarrassing to teach it, basically you use the fatter of the two Aqua … Continue reading →

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Dinoroar Birthday

Posted on June 14, 2013 by admin

I love Dinoroar it’s perfect for children’s birthday cards and I particularly love how lovely it is to watercolour, but alas it is one of the stamp sets that is retiring at the end of this month *sigh* so much … Continue reading →

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Pizza & Papercrafting

Posted on May 23, 2013 by admin

So once a month-ish I hold a Pizza & Papercrafting event and I thought I’d share with you some images from our most recent event this past weekend. Firstly it isn’t just for paper crafters, we’ve had sewers (yes there … Continue reading →

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Faux Mother of Pearl

Posted on May 18, 2013 by admin

Quite a long time ago, we did a technique called faux mother of pearl it’s a super simple technique which really doesn’t require a lot of tools to create it, the photograph really doesn’t do it justice – but the … Continue reading →

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More April birthday cards………..

Posted on May 10, 2013 by admin

Here are the rest of the gorgeous birthday cards that people shared images of with me during April, the first lot were here. Love the flowers and delicate edges to this card – made by Sue. Here is another made … Continue reading →

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Easter Mania

Posted on March 31, 2013 by admin

Wow I can’t believe that we are a quarter of the way through 2013 – is it just me that feels like this year is in hyperdrive? Anyway amidst the melee I’ve done two Easter classes recently and yesterday our … Continue reading →

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Oval punch art flower

Posted on October 21, 2012 by admin

I used to make punch art flowers with the old style small & large oval punches, but this was the first time I’d used the new smaller oval punch – but I liked the result! My main hint with this … Continue reading →

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Roller wheel shadow technique

Posted on October 13, 2012 by admin

A simple technique to do using the roller wheels is a shadow technique, also sometimes called a 3D technique.  Basically it involves rolling the wheel across the card stock using a dark ink, but make sure you know where the … Continue reading →

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